Supreme Court: Three Years of Legal Practice Mandatory for Civil Judge Exam

The country's Supreme Court has given an important decision regarding judicial service. The Supreme Court has said in its order that at least three years of practice as a lawyer is necessary to appear in the civil judge examination. This decision has been given by a bench of CJI BR Gavai, Justice A.C. Masih and Justice K. Vinod Chandran.
The Supreme Court said that the state governments have to ensure that only those people appear in the civil judge examination who have practiced law for at least three years. Its certification will be done by a lawyer who has been in the bar for at least 10 years. Experience as a law clerk and judge will also be included in this. Apart from this, one year of training will also be necessary before giving responsibility in the court.
In its order, the court has clarified that this rule will not be applicable in the current appointments. However, it will be made mandatory from now on. The court said that law graduate students face a lot of problems after being appointed as judges. Inexperienced law graduates are not able to perform the necessary work. It is worth noting that, while hearing a case a few days ago, the Supreme Court had expressed its displeasure over the decision of the trial judge. While hearing the case, the court had even said, which fool acquitted the accused?

In fact, after 32 years, the Supreme Court sentenced an accused of raping a 10-year-old minor to 10 years of imprisonment. Then the trial court of Gujarat released the accused on the basis of delay in FIR without paying attention to the circumstances. After about 30 years, last year the Gujarat High Court canceled the decision of the trial court. Now the Supreme Court also upheld the decision of the High Court.

A 54-year-old man has been sentenced in this case. The age of the accused was 21 years at the time of the incident. While hearing the case, the Supreme Court said, I want to know which foolish judge acquitted the accused even after the report of the Forensic Science Lab. Even after the statements of the doctors and the victim, it was not taken into consideration. While the rape was also confirmed in the medical examination. When such cases come to light, there is a need to provide proper training to the judges.